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Urethral inflation of the balloon of a Foley catheter is a real patient risk during the catheterization procedure. Questionnaires returned from 152 teaching hospital departments of urology describe urethral inflation injuries ranging from transient hematuria to the death of the patient. These injuries result from operator carelessness or lack of skill.
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